Voter outreach stops at Nova SE University, Hispanic summit, and Sanders rally

MIAMI –Fresh off the heals of another win in Maine, National Nurses United registered nurse members are redoubling their efforts to educate Florida voters about why the nation’s most trusted profession trusts Bernie Sanders, their endorsed candidate for president, in the run-up to the state's March 15th primary.

Tuesdays first stop will be at Nova Southeastern University in Fort Lauderdale where the nurses will be greeted by student and professor of law and public Tim Canova, who is running for the U.S. House of Representatives in the 23rd District of Florida against incumbent Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz.

TUESDAY: Where to Meet the Nurses #Bernie Bus

Morning—Fort Lauderdale –Student voter canvass— Nova Southeastern UniversityEarly
Afternoon—Hispanic DNC Summit Florida International University
Late Afternoon—Bernie Sanders Rally— Miami

The bus which arrived in Florida last week did canvassing/voter outreach at a wide array of locations and events including a farmer's market in St. Petersburg, a shopping center in Ft. Trinity, Spring training in Kissimmee, Valencia community college in Kissimmee, Osceola Regional Medical, Blake Medical Center in Bradenton, Florida Medial Center in Fort Lauderdale, and Florida International University.

Nurses have been touring the country, and particularly swing states, since January in their #BernieBus, using it as a mobile voter education vehicle. To date they have traveled through Iowa, Nevada, South Carolina, Texas, New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Colorado, Michigan, Ohio Illinois, and Missouri.

One of the top reasons nurses and healthcare workers support Bernie Sanders’ candidacy is his unequivocal demand to expand Medicare to provide healthcare to all residents as a basic human right, not a for-profit enterprise. Florida, with 948,000 uninsured adults, ranks among states with the country’s highest numbers of uninsured, despite passage of the Affordable Care Act. The state’s governor, former hospital corporate executive Rick Scott, has refused to implement the Medicaid expansion provisions of the of the Affordable Care Act.

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Contact Liz Jacobs, RN 510-457-5508

National Nurses United, with over 185,000 members in all 50 states, is the largest organization of registered nurses in the U.S. and the first union to endorse Sanders, in August last year. Since then, NNU members have been organizing house parties, rallies and phone banks, and mobilizing door- to-door get-out-the-vote efforts in support of Sanders.